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It’s a feat in itself that “The Amazing Race” has been on for nearly 24 years now. However, perhaps the most amazing aspect of the CBS reality competition show is actually just how much coordination goes into making a race around the world.

For Season 37, 14 teams of two traveled across nine countries, 18 cities and over 29,000 miles to the finish line, earning six Emmy nominations in the process: Picture Editing, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Directing, Casting and Outstanding Reality Competition Program.

According to series co-creators and real-life couple Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, it’s a life-changing experience for everyone involved that you cannot find anywhere else.

“There’s something really...

The entire cast (13 teams) from the CBS Original Series The Amazing Race, Season 38, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. — Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

As reality TV fans gear up for fall, CBS has a major surprise that’s already creating buzz. The Amazing Race Season 38 Big Brother mashup is hitting screens with a bold twist that’s set to reshape both franchises. For the first time ever, Big Brother houseguests will leave the safety of the house to join a high-stakes global competition.

These reality stars won’t be whispering in diary rooms anymore. Now, they’ll be skydiving, tackling language barriers,...

The entire cast (13 teams) of ‘The Amazing Race’ season 38

Season 38 of CBS’s The Amazing Race welcomes 13 fan-favorite Big Brother houseguests and their traveling companions in a special race across Europe. The new season kicks off on Thursday, September 25, 2025 and then moves to its normal Wednesdays at 9:30pm Et/Pt time slot on October 1.

Emmy nominee Phil Keoghan returns as host and serves as an executive producer along with Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Elise Doganieri, and Patrick Cariaga.

“The Houseguests-turned-Racers kick off the season in Amsterdam where they face classic game pieces and unexpected twists right off the bat. For the first time in The Amazing Race history, teams face their first challenge before even lining up on the starting line—the first team to complete the task receives an express pass and the last team to complete the task faces the consequences of a Hazard,” reads CBS’s synopsis.

CBS has unveiled the official photos for the Big Brother alumni competing on The Amazing Race Season 38, premiering on Thursday, September 25 at 9 p.m. Et.

Phil Keoghan returns to host the competition, which sees 13 fan-favorite housemates embark on a European adventure with their travel companion.

The season kicks off in Amsterdam, where the Houseguests-turned-Racers face classic game pieces and unexpected twists right off the bat.

Related: ‘Big Brother’ Season 27 Cast Photos: All The Houseguests Confirmed For CBS Competition

For the first time in The Amazing Race history, teams face their first challenge before even lining up on the starting line –the first team to complete the task receives an express pass, and the last team to complete the task faces the consequences of a Hazard.

Along the route, teams will reach new heights in Prague, bathe like a king in Budapest, and skydive nearly 13,000 feet over Romania.

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As “The Amazing Race” returns this fall with a group of all-star “Big Brother” alums competing against each other — and paired with a friend or family member as their travel partner — CBS has released the names of those teams racing around the world for Season 38.

Hosted by Phil Keoghan, “The Amazing Race” premieres its new season at a special day and time on Thursday, Sept. 25 from 9 p.m. Et to 10:30 p.m. Et, before moving to its regular Wednesday time period on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 9:30 p.m. Et.

Here’s this year’s logline: “The Houseguests-turned-Racers kick off the season in Amsterdam where they face classic game pieces and unexpected twists right off the bat. For the first time in The Amazing Race history, teams face their first challenge before even lining up on the starting line –the first team to complete the task receives an express pass...

When “The Amazing Race” returns for Season 38 next month, loyal CBS viewers will be treated to a bunch of familiar faces in the form of past “Big Brother” contestants.

Fourteen former houseguests — including three winners — will be partnering up with their real-world loved ones in a race around the world, or at least Europe, visiting places like Amsterdam, Prague, Budapest and Romania along the way.

“’The Amazing Race’ takes the Racers and viewers on an unforgettable journey. With a traveling crew of over 100 people, over the course of 38 seasons, we have traveled to nearly 100 countries and over 1 million miles, an extraordinary feat of storytelling and logistics,” co-creators and executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri said in a Thursday statement. “For this season, it was fun to bring the former ‘Big Brother’ players out of the house and on an adventure in the real world, as the Race is...

With spring approaching, Paramount+ is rolling out a thrilling roster of TV series for its users, particularly for March 2025, which includes several highly anticipated documentaries as well as intriguing crime shows based on true stories. While documentaries have always been popular among Paramount+ choices, you won't want to miss out on the upcoming month's releases.

Having said that, the streaming service has always been a reliable alternative for those seeking entertainment, and it has never let them down when it was most needed. In other words, Paramount+ has added a lot of fascinating shows for February 2025, including Yellowjackets Season 3, 1923 Season 2, and Survivor Season 48. With so much more on the horizon for the platform, let's take a look at what it has to offer in the short term. To that end, below is a list of every television series that will be available on Paramount+ in March 2025.

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The contestants from season 37 of the CBS Original Series The Amazing Race, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Front row, from left to right: Nick Fiorito and Mike Fiorito, Jackye Clayton and Lauren McKinney, Carson McCalley and Jack Dodge, Bernie Gutierrez & Carrigain Scadden Middle row, from left to right: Courtney Ramsey and Jasmin Carey, Han Nguyen and Holden Nguyen, Brett Hamby and Mark Romain, Ernest Cato and Bridget Cato, Mark Crawford and Larry Graham Back row, from left to right: Melinda Papadeas and Erika Papadeas, Alyssa Borden and Josiah Borden, Scott Thompson and Lori Thompson, Jonathan Towns and Ana Towns, Jeff “Pops” Bailey and Jeff Bailey. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Amazing Race is back and bigger than ever! Season 37 of the CBS Original series, hosted by the one and only Phil Keoghan, is set to premiere with a special 90-minute episode on Wednesday,...

The Amazing Race has unveiled its Season 37 cast, touted as its largest ever with 14 teams, up from 13 teams the past two seasons.

Described as a “season of surprises”, Season 37 will feature “game-changing twists in every episode, including the classic Fast Forward and U-Turn and the addition of new ones, such as a Fork in the Road, and “will have to choose which direction and route they want to take to the Pit Stop, creating two parallel races where two teams will be eliminated,” according to the description.

“This season 14 teams will embark on an unforgettable adventure,” said Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, co-creators and executive producers of The Amazing Race. In Osaka, Japan, the teams will perform with a taiko drum group, skydive over Dubai and participate in a traditional folk dance in Bulgaria. For the first time, the teams will visit the medieval village of Strasbourg, France.

Hosted by Phil Keoghan,...

The 14 teams competing on ‘The Amazing Race’ season 37

CBS’s 37th season of The Amazing Race is mixing things up, with the network dubbing #37 the “season of surprises.” The 14 new teams, the most in the show’s history, include Vegas performers, gamers, parents, siblings, and dating nurses. Phil Keoghan returns to host the globe-trotting adventure set to premiere on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 9:30pm Et/Pt.

“This season 14 teams will embark on an unforgettable adventure,” stated Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, co-creators and executive producers. “Traveling around the globe for a stop in Osaka, Japan, where they will experience a modern-day bullet train in a thriving city and then immerse themselves in a 12,000-year-old tradition, performing with a taiko drum group. They will feel the adrenaline rush of skydiving over Dubai’s breathtaking cityscape contrasted with another stop, for the first time on The Amazing Race, in the countryside of Bulgaria,...

Married Vegas performers, lumberjacks, and parents of eight sons are among the 14 new teams competing for $1 million on The Amazing Race Season 37.

The cast, announced Wednesday, also includes a pair of married nurse anesthetists, a team of dating nurses, and a duo of gamers. The oldest cast member is 66-year-old Melinda Papadeas, who is racing with her Erika, and the youngest racer is 22-year-old Stanford student Holden Nguyen, who is racing with his sister Han. Meet the cast above or click here.

Season 37, which wrapped production in June, is dubbed the “Season of Surprises.” That’s because there’ll be a game-changing twist in every episode, including old staples like the Fast Forward and U-Turn, and new ones like the Fork in the Road, which will be introduced in the first leg in Hong Kong. When teams arrive at the Fork in the Road, they have to choose one of...

“The Amazing Race” just got bigger. For the CBS reality hit’s Season 37, for the first time it will kick off with 14 teams — having previously expanded to 13 teams the past two seasons.

The expansion to 14 teams comes as part of what CBS is dubbing a “season of surprises” for “The Amazing Race,” which “game-changing twists” each episode. Besides the show’s staple “fast foward” and “U-turn” game play, other elements will make a comeback. And new this season will be a “fork in the road,” as experienced during the very first leg in Hong Kong. According to the description, “when teams arrive at the fork in the road, they will have to choose which direction and route they want to take to the pit stop, creating two parallel races where two teams will be eliminated.”

Co-creators/exec producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, shared some details about this season’s challenges,...

After taking a year off to make room for “The Summit,” CBS is giving longtime fans of “The Amazing Race” a special treat in the form of Season 37.

That’s because in addition to introducing its largest cast ever on Wednesday, Phil Keoghan’s race around the world teased a “season of surprises” for the 14 new teams of two, including game-changing twists each and every episode — all of which will be 90-minutes-long, by the way.

“This season, 14 teams will embark on an unforgettable adventure,” series co-creators Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri shared. “Traveling around the globe for a stop in Osaka, Japan, where they will experience a modern-day bullet train in a thriving city and then immerse themselves in a 12,000-year-old tradition, performing with a taiko drum group.”

“They will feel the adrenaline rush of skydiving over Dubai’s breathtaking cityscape contrasted with another stop, for the first time on ‘The Amazing Race,...

Here at FandomWire, we search high and wide, turn over every stone, and search to the ends of the earth to cultivate a list of “The Best 100 Television Shows of All-Time!” Why? Because we can! So, please sit back, read our list, and write down what you have seen and agree with. Lastly, jot down quickly which of these great shows you must check out immediately!

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Created by Merv Griffin

I’m not sure you can include a list of the best television shows ever without mentioning the American game show classic Jeopardy! The show has become ingrained in the American lexicon, with host Alex Trebek becoming a television and trivia icon. You simply can’t discuss the best shows without it.

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Created by Jeon Woo-sung

Bargain is a near-perfect K-drama horror thriller. With performances brimming with anxiety-ridden stress and humor,...

The Amazing Race has been running on CBS for more than two decades with an average of 10 million viewers per season. The show has become a successful franchise after numerous international versions were developed with the same structure. New Zealand TV personality Phil Keogan has been the host ever since its inception.

The still poster of The Amazing Race | Credits: CBS

Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster are the brains behind the TV show, which is produced by their production house Earthview Inc., Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS Studios, and ABC Signature. The show has won ten Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program.

How Much Is The Prize Money For The Amazing Race Winner?

The Amazing Race has successfully completed 36 seasons and was renewed for a 37th season, which is set to air in spring 2025. Each of the seasons is split into legs where teams of two race each other.

Your browser does not support the video tag. Contestants in The Amazing Race must stay close to their camera crew at all times to ensure their race is caught on camera. Transportation used during the race must accommodate the camera crew, impacting the team's choices. Breaking the Amazing Race crew rule can lead to unfair elimination, as seen in season 36 when Angie and Danny lost due to their camera crew's mistake.

The Amazing Race seems like a dream vacation, traveling to different countries while competing for a $1 million prize. But the truth of making the reality TV is a little less glamorous.

The Amazing Race creators have created a set of rules for contestants to follow, keeping them and audiences on their toes. The long-running competition show sees contestants in teams of two racing between two checkpoints on a minimum budget and with no phones or Gps devices. Although the...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Amazing Race teams have strict rules they must follow when it comes to staying close to their assigned crew. Regardless of any way they travel during the race, it is a team's responsibility to make sure the crew can travel with them. Losing the crew can significantly impact a team's performance, as demonstrated by Angie and Danny's experience in season 36.

The Amazing Race fans know all about the rules contestants have to follow during the tasks performed in each leg of the race, but they don't know how many rules The Amazing Race contestants must follow that aren't shown on camera. During the 21 to 30 days of the entire race, contestants have a crew assigned to them to film their progress, and behind-the-scenes, Amazing Race teams have several responsibilities pertaining to their little crew.

In the following, we take a look at the...

Relationships on The Amazing Race are sometimes scripted or controlled, creating fake team rivalries for more engaging footage. CBS producers control contestants to establish specific social identities and relationships, filming footage as planned to enhance story arcs. Contestants aren't fully informed of the sleep and spending rules, meaning viewers aren't either.

While The Amazing Race has a fanbase a tad more niche than say, The Bachelor, there's no doubt that the reality show is enormously successful. At the time of this writing, the CBS show, which was co-created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri wrapped its 36th season, a massive feat given that the first season was such a disaster to make. Despite the logistical nightmares the race around the world reality competition show bore, CBS took huge financial risks making it. And it's paid off ever since.

Given the array of procedural and managerial aspects of The Amazing Race,...

It’s finally here. Variety joined the producers and contestants — including host Phil Keoghan — on a private charter to Puerto Vallerta to kick off “The Amazing Race” back in October 2022. There, embedded with the producers, we got to see some of the show’s hallmarks up close: The race starting line, on the beach in front of the Westin hotel; challenges involving Lucha Libre wrestlers and rodeo lassos; teammates already screaming at one another; camera operators — the true heroes of this production — keeping tabs on one another; and Keoghan doing his well-rehearsed standups introducing the country the show is visiting.

In an exciting first episode, we even got to see a medical emergency on one of the first tasks! (I hope they’re Ok. I think they are.) A lot more of that to come soon. But why did it take so long for this season to air? Read all...

The teams competing on ‘The Amazing Race’ season 36 (Photo Credit: CBS)

Firefighters, Air Force pilots, students, and a retired NFL player are among the 13 teams of racers competing on season 36 of CBS’s The Amazing Race. The new season, once again hosted by Phil Keoghan, premieres on March 13, 2024 at 9:30pm Et/Pt.

New 90-minute season 36 episodes air on Wednesdays.

“This season of The Amazing Race features a cast of adventurous thrill-seekers. We always want to challenge our cast and surprise our viewers, so we are excited to travel to two new countries along the route,” stated executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri. “The 90-minute episodes are returning, which really allows us to delve into the countries on the route and get to know our amazing cast. We are ready for a global adventure like never before.”

Season 36 will begin in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. “[…]The 13 new teams must...

A former NFL player, Air Force pilots and a food stylist are among those racing for $1 million on “The Amazing Race 36.”

The 13-team cast, announced Wednesday, also includes a pair of nurse anesthetists, firefighters, twin brothers and retired police officers. The youngest contestant is 20-year-old student Maya Mody, who’s racing with her brother, Rohan, and the oldest is 60-year-old receptionist Chris Foster, who’s teamed up with his daughter, Mary Cardona-Foster. Meet the cast above or click here.

The most high-profile cast member is Rod Gardner, a former wide receiver who played six seasons in the NFL and is racing with his wife, Leticia. The couple’s casting was revealed earlier this month ahead of the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers as Gardner spent his final season with the Chiefs in 2006. Drafted by Washington in 2001, Gardner also played for Carolina and Green Bay.

They add the “welcome” to the mat at every Pit Stop on The Amazing Race. As each ’round-the-world Race team hustles to the end of a competition leg, host Phil Keoghan awaits — with a greeter representing that country at his side (above: Thailand). We’ve seen an Aussie surfer, the mayor of Les Baux de Provence in France and, in India, a man who played the flute with his nose! So, where does the series get these memorable sidekicks? (Credit: CBS) “The process of choosing greeters is not a perfect science, but there is a process,” says Elise Doganieri, co-creator of the show with Bertram van Munster. No. 1, obviously, is to find someone from the country Race is filming in. “The second part of the selection could be cultural,” she says. “We sometimes dress the greeter in historical and traditional clothing.” In the November 15 episode, that’s a raincoat of...

Don’t look down. Don’t look down.

I’ve never been good with heights. And no one would accuse me of being a thrill-seeker. And yet, here I am, 12 stories above downtown Los Angeles — about to walk on air. It’s the afternoon before the kickoff of production on “The Amazing Race” Season 35, and the show’s producers are testing out one of the latest edition’s first challenges: Contestants will have to walk a tightrope between two wings of the famed Biltmore Hotel, high above Pershing Square.

The Biltmore is celebrating its 100th birthday this year; I just want to make it to 50. And yet, I have agreed to don a helmet and get harnessed up to try the stunt myself. Unlike the “Amazing Race” players, however, I’m not doing this to win a million dollars. Wait, why am I doing this?

Somewhere in Los Angeles, there...

The Amazing Race is returning later this month with its milestone 35th season, but CBS has season 36 filmed and ready to go.

When the network approached executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri and host Phil Keoghan about airing supersized episodes of the competition series (to fill more time on the schedule due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes), that presented a problem.

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The 13 teams racing on ‘The Amazing Race’ season 35

CBS’s award-winning The Amazing Race is increasing the number of competitors for its upcoming 35th season. Season 35 will feature 13 teams attempting to outrace each other and claim the $1 million grand prize.

“We start this season of The Amazing Race with an international flight to Asia, bringing back the thrill of traveling around the globe to exotic places. And on top of that, our cast is fantastic! Their energy is palpable, and their enthusiasm even greater! This season’s big, 90-minute episodes allow us to show more of each city we travel to, especially the people and the culture, plus we get to know our contestants on a deeper level and their relationships with each other,” stated co-creators and executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri. “You will laugh, you will cry, you will shout at the TV in frustration and also scream with joy,...

“The Amazing Race” executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, along with host/EP Phil Keoghan, had already shot a Season 35 of “The Amazing Race” last year, and it was mostly edited and ready to go. But then came a detour: Early this winter, CBS approached both “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race” about expanding to weekly 90 minute episodes for fall 2023. Rather than retroactively try to pad an additional half hour on to those already-shot episodes, van Munster, Doganieri and Keoghan decided to hit the road again and take full advantage of filming supersized installments.

And that’s what they did, earlier this summer, with a new cast of contestants. Now, that just-completed race will instead serve as “The Amazing Race” Season 35, premiering September 27. The hour-long edition filmed in fall 2022 will still eventually be seen, but it has been pushed to become Season 36, running at a later date.

“When Bertram...

The inaugural Children’s & Family Emmys got underway at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles for a two-night gala to award the best in kid-friendly programming. JoJo Siwa hosted the Creative Arts ceremony on Night 1 and Jack McBrayer took over hosting duties on Night 2 with the rest of the categories.

On Night 1, it was Maya and the Three, Sneakerella and The Quest that took the most accolades with three trophies each.

Some of the first night’s highlights included a special performance by Xomg Pop!, the all-girl group created by Jess and Siwa. There was also an appearance from Martin P. Robinson, the legendary puppeteer who has been with Sesame Street since 1980, providing voices and puppeteering for Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Martians and more. He also built, designed and performed the Audrey II puppets for Little Shop of Horrors.

Night 2 of the...

We waited more than a year for “The Amazing Race 33” after Covid-19 suspended production in 2020, but the wait for Season 34 was not as long. Here’s what you need to know about the current season of “The Amazing Race.”

When will Season 34 premiere?

It already did. Season 34 premiered Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 10/9c on CBS. On Wednesday, Nov. 2, it moved up an hour to 9/8c, where it will air for the remainder of the season.

When will Season 34 end?

Season 34 will air its finale on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 9/8c on CBS. The final three teams are “Big Brother 23” couple Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss, married couple Luis Colon and Michelle Burgos, and long-lost twins Emily Bushnell and Molly Sinert.

Who is in the Season 34 cast?

Click here to meet the 12 teams.

Where will Season 34 visit?

Season 34’s stops included Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Iceland and Jordan, and CBS has revealed all...

Season 34 ‘The Amazing Race’ teams

CBS’s The Amazing Race is switching the game up a little with the upcoming 34th season of the Emmy Award-winning reality competition series. The 12 new teams will kick off their adventures in Munich, Germany, marking the first time in the show’s history the racers haven’t begun their adventures in America. Season 34 will also be the first season without any non-elimination pit stops.

Among the contestants embarking on globe-trotting adventures are former NFL cheerleaders, motivational speakers, and long-lost twins. The 12 teams will be traveling to exotic locations including the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, Italy, Spain, Iceland, and Austria. The race will wrap up in Nashville with the presentation of the 1 million grand prize.

Phil Keoghan returns as host and will announce a special twist at the end of the first leg. Keoghan also executive produces along with Jerry Bruckheimer, series co-creator Bertram van Munster,...

“The Amazing Race” still holds the record for most wins in the competition category, with 10 altogether starting in 2003, the year the category launched, to its most recent win in 2014. That means married producers Elise Doganieri and Bertram Van Munster together have 20 statues, which got us curious: Where do you put all that hardware? The duo invited us to their home to find out, and it turns out they’re very tastefully displayed on shelves in a living area.

“The first win, 2003, was so nerve-wracking, that I almost didn’t want to go on stage,” Van Munster says. “I was almost hop- ing we wouldn’t win so I didn’t have to go on stage. I was so nervous to walk up there. It was a blur, you looked and Steven Spielberg was sitting right there!”

Adds Doganieri: “We just didn’t think we’re going to win. So we were like,...

The Emmy category for competition series should conceivably be the most dynamic one out there. Ditto for the structured and unstructured reality categories. Yet there’s a surprisingly stagnant nature to them.

Part of that is just the nature of ongoing reality TV. Shows that were hits 20 years ago… are still hits. Unlike scripted series, which mostly have short shelf lives, competition and reality shows are refreshing themselves virtually every season — and as a result, can conceivably go on forever.

But that’s why they’re not budging from the Emmy race. The competition race has had just four winners across 19 years, since it got its own category in 2003: CBS’ “The Amazing Race” (10 times), VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (four times), NBC’s “The Voice” (four times) and Bravo’s “Top Chef ” (once).

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” is currently on a streak and is very likely heading to its fifth win.

A new competition series at Disney+ called “The Quest” is putting the fate of a kingdom in the hands of its contestants.

“The Quest” is a hybrid competition series that will drop eight real-life teenagers into the fantasy world of Everealm, where they must save a kingdom by fulfilling an ancient prophecy.

According to the streamer, the series “combines the best elements of scripted and unscripted content.” to create an immersive competition series where fantasy and reality collide as the teens compete in challenges in a fully-realized world of adventure.”

Here’s the logline:

For thousands of years, Everealm has been a land of unrivaled beauty and powerful magic. Now, the realm is threatened by a powerful evil Sorceress. As a last hope, the noble Fates summon eight strangers known as Paladins from a world beyond to work together to fulfill an ancient prophecy and vanquish the Sorceress. The Paladins...

For thousands of years, Everealm has been a land of unrivaled beauty and powerful magic. Now, the realm is threatened by a powerful evil Sorceress. So who you gonna call?

If you’re Disney+ (or the noble Fates of the series), you turn to eight teenage strangers known as the Paladins. They must face a series of challenges in order to restore balance to Everealm. That journey will be documented in the streamer’s new fantasy competition series, The Quest, which debuts on May 11. Castles, royals, ethereal fates and mystical creatures are on tap.

The Quest previously ran on ABC for one season in 2014, but will now feature more interactive elements. The series will be filmed at a castle outside of Vienna, Austria.

The series is executive produced by Court Five’s Mark Ordesky (The Lord of the Rings) and Jane Fleming, David Collins, Michael Williams, Rob Eric from Queer Eye producer Scout Productions,...

Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, the creators of long-running CBS series The Amazing Race are among the investors in Northern Irish animation company Retinize.

Retinize is run by CEO Phil Morrow, who worked with van Munster and Doganieri on ABC competition series Take The Money and Run, which was exec produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

The company, which uses VR technologies to transform the 3D animation production process, has received $2.6M investment in a seed round led by Sure Valley Ventures.

Other investors include TechStart Ventures, Vgc Partners, Clarendon/Co-fund Ni and Adobe exec Ben Morrow.

The investment will be used to help the global rollout of its software product Animotive.

Phil Morrow said, “We are thrilled to have Sure Valley on board as our lead investor – they have a deep knowledge of the creative tech sector and what impressed us most was the time they took to really understand...

CBS has renewed four of its most popular unscripted series for the 2022-2023 broadcast season.

“Survivor,” “The Amazing Race,” “Tough As Nails” and “Secret Celebrity Renovation” will all return with new seasons next year, the network announced Wednesday.

The announcement was made hours before the premiere of the 42nd season of “Survivor,” which airs 8 p.m. Et. Originally broadcast in 2000, “Survivor” sees contestants stranded on an island where they must provide themselves with water, shelter and food, and compete against each other to be crowned the sole survivor.

Jeff Probst hosts and executive produces the series, along with Mark Burnett, Matt VanWagenen, Kahaia Pearson and Jesse Jensen. The show is produced by S.E.G. Holdco. The show has remained consistently popular in its over 20 years on air, scoring 7.59 million viewers during its last season after a Covid-related hiatus. The show is the most streamed reality series on Paramount+, and...

CBS has renewed a slew of unscripted series.

Survivor, The Amazing Race, Tough as Nails and Secret Celebrity Renovation are all coming back.

They join scripted renewals including Bob ♥ Abishola, CSI: Vegas, Ghosts, The Neighborhood and Young Sheldon.

Survivor has been picked up for its 43rd and 44th season, The Amazing Race returns for its 34rd season, Tough as Nails is back for Season 4 and Secret Celebrity Renovation has been renewed for its second season.

It comes as Survivor’s two-hour season premiere kicks off tonight – Wednesday, March 9. The show, which the network said is CBS’ most-streamed reality series on Paramount+, is hosted by Jeff Probst, who exec produces alongside Mark Burnett, Jeff Probst, Matt VanWagenen, Kahaia Pearson and Jesse Jensen. It is produced by S.E.G. Holdco.

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The Amazing Race is hosted by Phil Keoghan, who exec produces alongside Jerry Bruckheimer,...

Exclusive: The co-creator of The Amazing Race could find himself in a mad dash for the courthouse due to a fraud lawsuit filed Monday.

Ex-CBS and Warner Bros executive Leigh Collier is alleging that Bertram van Munster formed and then dissolved production company New Media Collective with her.

That’s the most innocuous part.

More ruinously, Collier is also claiming that the Emmy-winning producer went on to re-create the entity behind her back. Quoting a New Media Collective press release’s boasts of having “closed over $62 million in production deals,” Collier is legally nettled, to say the least.

“In or around 2014 Plaintiff pioneered the concept for a new media production company whereby a network of local, physical production companies would effectively be rolled-up under the auspices of a single entity to develop and create programming in local and often untapped markets for global use,” the former CBS TV VP,...

Nat Geo is not planning any more races to the center of the Earth: The Disney-owned broadcaster has canceled Race To The Center of the Earth after one season.

The big-budget adventure competition series, which comes from Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri, creators of The Amazing Race, premiered on the linear cable network in March 2021 and later streamed via Disney+ from May.

The seven-part series pitted four teams of three against one another in a sprint across the globe for a $1M prize. Each group will start from a different corner of the Earth – South America, Russia, Canada and Southeast Asia – racing to win the bounty. They faced untamed jungles, frozen arctic, arid deserts, bustling cities, treacherous mountains and vast oceans to reach the location where all four routes intersect and the first team to arrive at the buoy claims it all.

The cast was made up of teams...

“The Amazing Race” returns for its 33rd edition on Wednesday, January 5, at 8 p.m. Et, kicking off with a disclaimer from host Phil Keoghan about this most unusual season. Variety has an exclusive first look at the opening five minutes of the two-hour premiere episode, set to air next week on CBS.

“It’s so good to be back,” Keoghan says at the start of the episode. “We know how much you have missed ‘The Amazing Race,’ and believe me, we have missed making it for you. Tonight’s episode was filmed before the outbreak of Covid-19, which prompted us to suspend shooting at the end of the third leg. I am excited to tell you that after a long break, we did finish shooting this season and once again, the world is waiting for you.”

The show then opens in the pre-pandemic times, with 11 teams at their homes across the country,...

“The Amazing Race” was able to finish production on its upcoming 33rd season with a Covid-safe plan after production was halted last year, but it’s too soon to say what any future seasons will look like or when they’ll happen.

“It’s a waiting game right now,” co-creator and executive producer Bertram van Munster said last week during a virtual panel for the show at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. “We’re being very, very careful.”

Season 33 got three episodes in the can in February 2020 when production was suspended. Producers spent nine months drafting a plan for the production restart, which included axing public transportation completely — cast and crew traveled by a chartered jet — and staying in Europe for the remaining legs. Nine of the 11 teams were left at the time of the production suspension, but only seven were able to return. Production resumed in September,...

A “Love Island” couple, flight attendants and singing police officers are among the 11 new teams on “The Amazing Race 33,” which returns Jan. 5 after the longest real-life pit stop ever.

The new cast, announced Friday, includes “Love Island” Season 1 alums Caro Viehweg and Ray Gantt, who broke up before Season 33 was even finished filming after it was stalled by the pandemic. Other teams include internet personalities Kim and Penn Holderness of the Holderness Family, and Taylor and Isaiah Green-Jones of that viral wedding flash mob two years ago. Meet the cast in the gallery above or click here.

Season 33 was “The Amazing Race’s” longest (in terms of time) and most complicated one yet. After starting production in February 2020, the show got three legs in the can before production was halted due to Covid-19. Production resumed a year and a half later in September 2021 with the fourth leg in Switzerland, followed by stops in France,...

Today at CBS’ Winter TCA press conference, The Amazing Race set 11 new teams for its 33rd season, kicking off with a two-hour premiere on January 5 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, which will air on CBS and be available for live and on-demand streaming on Paramount+.

The teams will include Akbar Cook Sr. (45) and Sheridan Cook (44), married educators from Martinsville, NJ; Anthony Sadler (29) and Spencer Stone (29), childhood friends from Sacramento, CA; Arun (56) and Natalie Kumar (28), a father and daughter from Detroit, Mi; Caro Viehweg (23) and Ray Gantt (25), a couple from Los Angeles and Toms River, NJ, respectively; Connie (37) and Sam Greiner (39), a married couple from Charlotte, Nc; Kim (45) and Penn (47) Holderness, internet personalities from Raleigh, Nc; Marienela “Lulu” (37) and Marissa “Lala” (37) Gonzales, twins and radio hosts from North Bergen, NJ; Michael Norwood (36) and Armonde “Moe” Badger (42), singing police officers from Buffalo, NY; Raquel Moore (31) and Cayla Platt (30), flight attendants from Chicago,...

When “The Amazing Race” Season 33 contestants hit the road in February 2020, executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri were already keeping an eye on reports of a coronavirus beginning to tear through the world. They had even mapped out alternate routes to shift the race to “Plan B” countries, and ultimately an option that would just go through South America, as parts of the world started going into lockdown.

But by Feb. 28, with just the first three legs of the competition in the can, even those alternative ideas no longer made sense. “I knew there was something really wrong here,” van Munster says. “We sent everybody home at that moment.”

With no real way to shoot “Amazing Race” in a bubble, the producers had to wait more than a year to call back the crew and contestants and resume production. Finally this fall, van Munster, Doganieri and their team...

Like the Tokyo Olympics and Euro 2020 soccer championships, CSI’s revival tied to the series’ 20th anniversary was delayed by a year amid the pandemic. CBS’ CSI: Vegas, headlined by original stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox, premieres October 6, exactly 21 years to the day after the debut of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a series that changed the procedural drama genre; created a blockbuster global drama franchise that has amassed $2 billion to date; and helped launch a production company, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, and build a studio, CBS Studios.

While the original series launched with little fanfare on the lower-profile Friday night, the return is being supported across the entire ViacomCBS portfolio with a campaign that includes a list of Anthony Zuiker’s Top 25 CSI episodes on Paramount+, curated by the series’ creator, a virtual scavenger hunt on Instagram, and plans for interactive game play. There is also a CSI: Ride-Along podcast in the works.

It’s a good day for fans of the hit CBS competition series The Amazing Race, as it was announced that the show “will be back this season” after production was delayed due to the pandemic. The announcement was made by CBS Entertainment’s Senior Executive Vice President of Programming Thom Sherman during the network’s Television Critics Association press tour panel on September 9. The series, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, only filmed three episodes of the new season before production was shut down in February 2020. The previous season finished filming before the pandemic and premiered in October 2020. With things now back on track, Season 33 has officially begun pre-production. Show creators Bertram Van Munster, Elise Doganieri, and host Phil Keoghan have been eager to return to filming, with Keoghan stating that he was “champing at the bit” to begin again. “We’ve been talking to CBS and they want to get back,...

The Amazing Race is set to return to CBS this season.

This comes after the long-running reality series, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, faced a long production delay due to Covid.

“The Amazing Race will be back this season,” said Senior Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Entertainment Thom Sherman during the network’s virtual TCA press tour.

Deadline understands that the series is currently in pre-production.

The 32nd season of the show, which was filmed before the pandemic, premiered in October 2020. But the 33rd season of the show was forced to halt production in February 2020, having only filmed three episodes of the series.

The team behind the show, including creators Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri and host Phil Keoghan, have all told Deadline over the last twelve months that they are keen to get back into production as soon as possible with Keoghan saying that he...

Six continents, 92 countries, more than 1 million miles. And none of it would have been possible if then-advertising exec Elise Doganieri didn't have what we're going to call her Legally Blonde moment while chatting with TV producer husband Bertram van Munster.  He was bemoaning the lack of original ideas in the industry. Her response: "What? Like it's hard?" Okay, we might be paraphrasing. "I said, you know, 'What's going on with you people in television? Can't anybody come up with a good idea?'" recalls Doganieri, who sat down with E! News for an exclusive Zoom chat alongside van Munster, her...

After 20 years and 32 seasons, CBS’ “The Amazing Race” remains one of the gold standards of reality competition TV, having won 10 Emmys in that series category since its inception, more than any other show. Production on “The Amazing Race” currently remains on hiatus, unfortunately, as the world continues to contend with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. But producers are eager to get the show, which halted mid-race in February 2020 — back up and running when it’s safe. And they have every intention of resuming the show’s 33rd season after pausing it midstream.

“The Amazing Race” originally premiered on Sept. 5, 2001 — six days before another major tragedy, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. As the world changed, so did travel, and that altered the way production of future seasons had to be handled — just as, once again, the impact of the pandemic will likely have a lasting impact on “Race” moving forward.

As host Phil Keoghan...

The Amazing Race is back in the Emmy conversation after Covid-related scheduling delays meant it didn’t compete last year.

The long-running CBS show has secured its 18th nomination in the Outstanding Competition Program category – essentially nominated every year since the category was created in 2003 apart from last year.

It will see it compete with VH1’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, which has won for the past three years, as well as NBC’s The Voice, which won for the three years before that, as well as Netflix’s Nailed It! and Bravo’s Top Chef.

However, the move sees The Masked Singer, which secured its first Emmy nom last year, drop out of the race.

Season 32 of the Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri-created show was moved by CBS to fill its pandemic-hit schedule, meaning that it aired in October rather than the spring.

The category is still down...

The Amazing Race has been on the air for 20 years, and this year the CBS reality adventure competition series hit a major milestone: 1 million miles travelled.

The 32nd season of the show, which premiered in October 2020, featured legs through the Amazon and across Kazakhstan as well as its first ever “mega-leg,” which saw contestants face two detours and two roadblocks in India.

Co-creator Elise Doganieri, speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event, said it was like a “military operation.” “That was new and exciting and it really pushed the limits not only for the contestants but also for production,” she added.

Doganieri’s co-creator Bertram Van Munster added that these kinds of twists helped it feel “fresh” and “energetic.” “Elise and I have kept a very strong hand on the creative and logistics of this show and it has worked out for us,” he said.

Host Phil Keoghan said that this season,...